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          Cenkuttuvan

          2nd century Chera dynasty ruler in south India

          Chenkuttuvan

          Chera coin from early historic south India (Napier Museum, Thiruvananthapuram)

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          Senguttuvan chera king

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          6. 180 CE

          SpouseIllanko Venmal
          HouseChera
          FatherNedum Cheralathan
          MotherChola Manakkilli

          Chenkuttuvan (c.

          180 CE), literally 'the Righteous Kuttuvan', title Kadal Pirakottiya, identified with KadalottiyaVel Kezhu Kuttuvan,[6] was the most celebrated Chera ruler of early historic South India.

          He is also mentioned in Chilappathikaram, the Tamil epic by Chera prince Ilanko Adikal.[6]

          Chenkuttavan is eulogized by poet Paranar in the fifth decade of Pathitrupathu Collection of the Ettuthokai anthology of the early Tamil texts.

          The flow of Yavana or Graeco-Roman gold, via Indian Ocean spice trade, to South India under Chenkuttavan is vividly described in ancient Tamil poems.

          According to Tamil literature, the Chera ruler successfully intervened in a succession d